The phrase "a lower minimum wage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing wage policies, labor laws, or economic conditions related to minimum wage levels.
Example: "The proposal aims to establish a lower minimum wage to help small businesses manage their expenses."
Alternatives: "a reduced minimum wage" or "a diminished minimum wage".
If agriculture needs a lower minimum wage, negotiate and legislate it.
A contentious issue was a push by restaurant owners for a lower minimum wage for workers who receive tips.
Tip-earning hotel and restaurant workers, who are paid a lower minimum wage of $4.70 a hour, would not be eligible for the increase.
Today, Americans save less and earn a lower minimum wage — in real, or inflation-adjusted, terms — than at nearly any other time since 1950.
Several labor unions also lobbied against the measure, arguing that a lower minimum wage could take money out of the Puerto Rican economy.
The other seven laws follow their states' laws in maintaining a lower minimum wage for tipped workers (even as some increased the base wage for tipped workers).
Good to know Generally it's worth keeping in mind that in America workers in "tipped" jobs, such as waiters and bar staff, have a significantly lower minimum wage than others – not usually more than $2 an hour.
When I worked minimum-wage jobs (thankfully at a much lower minimum wage, so I was employable), I learned about showing up for work every day (whether I wanted to or not), learning to deal with difficult coworkers, learning to deal with difficult customers, and more.
He wants a separate and lower minimum wage for France's young.
The Employment Effects of Lower Minimum Wage Rates for Young Workers: Canadian Evidence, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 50(4): 629–650.
That leaves younger people on the original, much lower, minimum wage.
